Delhi Bans Fuel for Old Vehicles from Today, New Traffic Rules in Force
New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu): An important traffic rule has been implemented from Tuesday with the aim of controlling air pollution in Delhi. Diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years will not be given fuel at petrol pumps in the capital. Along with this, if any such vehicle tries to fill fuel, it can be seized. The Transport Department has devised a special strategy in collaboration with Delhi Police and traffic personnel to ensure strict compliance.
On Tuesday, pictures came from different areas of Delhi, where notices have been put up at petrol pumps for the general public. Drivers reached the Bharat Petroleum petrol pump at Lal Kuan on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road since morning to fill petrol. Petrol pump employees said that they had received instructions from the administration after 12 o'clock at night that fuel should not be given to vehicles older than the stipulated time limit.
He said, "Now we are filling fuel only after checking the status and registration year of the vehicles. If someone tries to force us, we have been given numbers to take help from the police." Similarly, a team of transport enforcement and traffic police was seen deployed at the petrol pump in Chirag Delhi, who are keeping a strict vigil on 10-year-old diesel vehicles and 15-year-old petrol vehicles.
Transport Enforcement Sub Inspector Dharamvir said, "We are strictly enforcing this decision of the Delhi government at petrol pumps. Duty has been imposed from 6 am. Local police and traffic policemen are also helping us." He said, "Cameras and hooters have been installed at all petrol pumps. If a vehicle that does not meet the prescribed standards comes, the camera detects it, after which the hooter starts sounding automatically."